1868. 



NEW ENGLAND FAKMER. 



99 



In order that the out-coming air may catch the 

 valve and close it, the valve must not be al- 

 lowed to open quite full width. A nail driven 

 through the side of the box will stop it at a 

 slight angle, so that the outward current will 

 strike imder it. 



One thing has been omitted. The valve, 

 before it is hung, must be exactly balanced 

 with lead tacked on to the lowe* side. With 

 this arrangement no hot air can escape from 

 the furnace. Finally, if this description is 

 not intelligible, it is because I cannot con- 

 veniently print a diagram to show this excel- 

 lent little contrivance to the bodily vision. 



OKANGE COUNTY", N. Y., MILK. 



In New York city the superlative for good 

 butter and milk is "Orange County." One 

 reason for the superiority of these articles 

 from that section is undoubtedly the good 

 price which has resulted to the producer from 

 a system of marketing by which the middle- 

 men have been agents instead of principals 

 in the trafHc. A writer in the last number of 

 the Country Gentleman says : 



The milk is delivered at the station in cans 

 furnished by the farmers, containing mostly 

 forty quarts each The purchaser in New 

 York pays the freight, (five and one-half cents 

 per gallon,) and pays us the market price as 

 near as may be determined. The price, last 

 month, (November) was six cents for the first 

 half and seven cents for the last half of the 

 month. 



Much of the success of a dairy depends upon 

 the degree of jndgment used in the selection 

 of the cows, many men basing their judgment 

 upon the milk mirror, (M. Guenon's theory,) 

 taken into connection with the general form 

 and size of the cow. In the choice of cows, 

 the best are cheapest, whatever their price 

 may be. The aim being to keep your supply 

 of milk as nearly as possible the same during 

 the whole year, it is not desirable to have any 

 great number of cows calve at any one time. 

 Those coming to milk during the autumn and 

 early winter are the most profitable, as the 

 milk commands a higher price, and the cow, 

 well fed during the winter, milks finely when 

 turned to grass in the spring. Those calving 

 during the winter should receive about one 

 quart of corn meal per day for ten days pre- 

 vious to calving — should be turned into a box 

 stall for calving — should have their drink 

 slightly warmed for a day or two, and care- 

 fully, and not too highly fed for the first week. 

 After the second day, the calf should be kept 

 away from the cow — the milk partly drawn be- 

 fore the calf is allowed to feed. 



In winter the cows are kept as carefully 



housed as possible. A barn cellar, one side of 

 which at least should be above ground, is pre- 

 ferred for stables, and the cows are kept in 

 them most of the time, excepting when turned 

 out for water, and in pleasant weather, when 

 they are given two or three hours in the sun, 

 (My own have not been out for two days on 

 account of a violent storm prevailing.) They 

 are milked at regular hours, each one by the 

 same milker, and as near as may be in the 

 same rotation. In short everything which can 

 promote the comfort of his cows adds to the 

 profits of the dairyman. 



From the People's Magazine. 

 8WOHD AND PLOUGH. 



FROM THE GERMAN OF WOLFGANG MULLBB. 



There once was a Count, so I've heard it said — 



Who felt that hia end drew near; 

 And he called his sons hefore his bed, 



To part them bis goods and gear. 



He called for his plough, he called for his sword. 



That gallant good and brave ; 

 They brought him both at their father's word, 



And thus ho his blessing gave. 



"My first-born son, my pride and might, 



Do thou my sword retain ; 

 My cattle on the lordly height 



And all my broad domain." 



"On thee, my well loved younger boy, 



My plough I here bestow, 

 A peaceful life shalt thou enjoy 



In the quiet vale below." 



Contented sank the sire to rest, 



Now all was given away ; 

 The sons held true his last behest, 



E'en on their dying day, 



"Now tell us what came of the steel of flame. 



Of the castle and its knight; 

 And tell us what came of the vale so tame, 



And the humble peasant wight ?" 



O ask not of me what the end may be I 



Ask of the country round I 

 The cattle are dust, the sword is rust, 



The height is but desert ground. 



But the vale spreads wide, in the golden pride 



Of the autumn sunlight now; 

 It teems and it ripens far and wide, 



And the honor abides with the plough I 



Movement of Stock. — A. M. Winslow & 

 Sons, Putney, Vt., have recently sold the fol- 

 lowing Short-Horns : the bull calf Rising Star 

 2d, by Rising Star 5129, out of Pocahontas 5th, 

 and the heifer calf Madonna 11th, by Rising 

 Star 5129, out of Madonna 6th, to John Camp- 

 bell, Montgomery, Vt. Also, the bull Young 

 Marmion, by Marmion 1813, out of Starlight, 

 and the cow Madonna, 5th, by 2d Prince of 

 Orange 2183, out of Madonna 3d, and the 

 heifer Madonna 8th, by Rising Star 5129, out 

 of Madonna 6th, to H. A. Rice, Henniker, 

 N. H. Also, the heifer calf Wallflower, by 

 Rising Star 6129, out of Lady Sale 7th, to 

 D. S. Pratt, Brattleboro', Vt. 



Mr. L. A. Dow, Waterville, Me., has sold 

 the Short-horn bull calf Gen. Wan-en, five 



